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Percona

Developer Advocate

Percona

Developer Advocate focusing on improving the usability of open source database solutions. Engaging with developers and contributing to diverse community platforms.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
GoJavaJavaScriptMongoDBMySQLOpen SourcePostgresPythonRustTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Create technical content: Tutorials, deep-dive blog posts, reference guides, video walkthroughs, and demos.
  • Speak in public: Conference talks, webinars, meetups, podcasts, livestreams.
  • Engage upstream: Contribute to open source communities like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and others.
  • Engage with the Percona community: Be active on the Percona Forum, Discord, GitHub, and at events.
  • Cover Percona's open source portfolio of database solutions.
  • Close the feedback loop between field knowledge and Product/Engineering teams.
  • Partner across teams: Work with Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Support.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Several years in a hands-on technical role — engineering, DBA, SRE, solutions architecture, developer advocacy, or similar.
  • Strong writing skills to clarify complex technical topics.
  • Public speaking experience or eagerness to develop this skill.
  • Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Rust.
  • Understanding of how open source communities work.
  • Willingness to travel (roughly 10–50%).

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible work hours
  • Various paid time off programs
  • All equipment for remote office
  • Funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences)
  • Ongoing connectivity allowances
  • Opportunity to participate in equity incentive plan
  • Support for work/life balance through Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility
  • Support for social responsibility through PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonGoJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaRusttechnical writingopen source contributionsdatabase solutionssolutions architecture
Soft Skills
public speakingwriting skillscollaborationengagementfeedback management